Stories for 2017

Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 07:23 UTC
Scottish parliament voted to seek a new independence referendum

Scotland's Parliament voted on Tuesday to seek a new referendum on independence from Britain, clearing the way for the country's first minister to ask the British government to approve such a vote. The legislature in Edinburgh voted 69-59 to seek Britain's parliamentary endorsement, which is required, for a referendum that First Minister Nicola Sturgeon wants to hold within two years, before Britain has completed its departure from the 28-nation European Union.
Wednesday, March 29th 2017 - 06:58 UTC
UK triggers Article 50 to end EU membership: letter to be delivered to Brussels on Wednesday

Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday signed the historic letter that will launch Brexit when it is delivered to Brussels on Wednesday, a photo released by her office showed. Sitting in front of a lone Union Jack national flag and a portrait of Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, a serene-looking May signed the letter to begin the country’s departure from the European Union.
Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:51 UTC
Trump's son in law to testify in Congress on alleged contacts with Russian officials and bankers

Russian bank under Western economic sanctions over Russia's incursion into Ukraine disclosed on Monday that its executives had met Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and a top White House adviser, during the 2016 election campaign.
Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:36 UTC
May and Sturgeon unable to find common ground; Scottish parliament will vote on independence referendum

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and British Prime Minister Theresa May were unable to find common ground during a meeting in Scotland, just a day before the Scottish parliament is set to sanction another independence referendum.
Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:27 UTC
PM May announces major counter terrorism training exercise in Scotland

British Prime Minister announced on Monday a major counter-terrorism training exercise will take place in Scotland later this year to test multi-agency response that would come into force in the event of a terror attack.
Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:24 UTC
Argentine government offices can't stop calling the Islands... Falklands

Argentine government offices and dependencies don't seem to be able to get things right. When they publish maps of Argentina including the disputed South Atlantic Islands, on several occasions they have identified them as the Falkland Islands, and when not simply forgot to include them.
Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 08:12 UTC
Argentina defines continental shelf limits with the exception of the Falklands and Antarctica areas

Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra has announced that Argentina has definitive international support for its defined continental shelf limits, with the exception of the Falklands/Malvinas, South Georgia, in dispute with the UK, and those covered by the Antarctic Treaty, which are not considered by the UN because of a sovereignty litigation or an international treaty.
Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 07:58 UTC
China, Russia, EU interested in operating Brazilian railways

Brazil's planned auction of the rights to expand and operate the North-South railway between Tocantins and Sao Paulo states has drawn the interest of major operators from countries including Russia, China and Spain, a government official said.
Tuesday, March 28th 2017 - 07:54 UTC
Chile, Argentina and Uruguay planning greater coordination of cruise circuits

Punta Arenas Austral Ports Company, EPA, was part of the Chilean stand at the Seatrade Cruise Global fair which took place in mid March in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and attracts the best of the cruise industry, operators and port terminals from all the world.
Monday, March 27th 2017 - 11:38 UTC
UK calls on companies to stop offering a “secret place for terrorists to communicate”

Companies must cooperate more with law enforcement agencies and should stop offering a “secret place for terrorists to communicate” using encrypted messages, British interior minister Amber Rudd said on Sunday.